US Payroll Tax Compliance Consultant

Location: Hybrid in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States. Onsite work is required approximately 2–3 days per week throughout the year; during the first month, onsite work is required in Piscataway, NJ, followed by one onsite day per week.

Pay rate: $40–$43 per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company providing building blocks and services that support the development of treatments and healthcare products.

What you will do

• Independently monitor payroll tax compliance activities managed by UKG Ready and other payroll service providers.
• Verify employer, employee, state unemployment insurance, and other applicable tax rates in UKG Ready.
• Review payroll tax liabilities, payments, filings, reconciliations, and agency account balances to identify inconsistencies or missing payments.
• Investigate tax notices, penalties, interest, misapplied payments, registration issues, and filing discrepancies, coordinating resolution with UKG and tax agencies.
• Review payroll tax filing and deposit performance, monitor outstanding issues, and escalate material compliance risks.
• Support year-end payroll tax reconciliation and W-2 reporting, and provide HR and Finance with updates on open issues, exposure, corrective actions, and resolution status.

Requirements

• Ability to independently monitor and coordinate US payroll tax compliance activities.
• Ability to analyze payroll tax rates, liabilities, payments, filings, reconciliations, and agency account balances.
• Ability to investigate and resolve tax notices, penalties, interest, misapplied payments, registration issues, and filing discrepancies with payroll providers and tax authorities.
• Ability to support payroll tax year-end reconciliation and W-2 reporting.
• Ability to work onsite in Piscataway, NJ during the first month and approximately one day per week afterward, with higher onsite frequency averaging 2–3 days per week throughout the year based on business needs.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with flexible onsite requirements based on business needs.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that fully vests on day one.
• Paid parental leave after three months of employment and paid vacation, personal, sick, floating holiday, and company holiday time.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts, life and disability insurance, legal assistance, supplemental insurance, commuter benefits, well-being initiatives, and peer-to-peer recognition programs.